The main roads to this area are already insufficient, so traffic is a problem. The data center was only going to have a staff of 30. It could be an Amazon warehouse or meat processing plant or something where hundreds of additional vehicles swarm the roads. I don't have a clear idea yet of what the alternate bad development will be.

I'm waiting to see if my theory is correct. Last year there was a local referendum for allowing a data center in a rural area of Chesapeake, VA. Some of my friends who live nearby voted against it because they like living around farmland and trees. I do too, but I don't believe that will be the case long. I suspect that this country corner is going to be developed no matter what, and not putting a data center there will instead allow zoning to put something even more obnoxious there.

This was not a free market, this was literally a monopoly.

If only they had Microsoft...Copilot.

Outlook breaks in ideal climate-controlled conditions with high-speed hard-line internet, handled by well-staffed IT departments, and provided to competent users. Any time I think I'm having a quiet day at work, it's really because the Outlook app on my phone has stopped refreshing and doesn't start working again until I restart the phone. Why would anyone consider trying it in space?

If the post office disappeared today, nothing of value would be lost. UPS, FedEx, Amazon, Door Dash, etc. There are now any number of options for delivery of things to our homes. We don't need the post office now, and that's been the case for at least a decade.

I kept my CDs. 400+ hanging on the wall over my desk right now.

I'm really proud of you.

and I like it a lot.

Their history of poor customer service and the talk of data caps means people are doing exactly what they should: shopping elsewhere.

Your proposals require trusting government with powers they should not have. No reason to even venture down that path.

"Things which give them permission to hack with a warrant are reasonable."

Imagine thinking privacy doesn't matter and mission creep isn't guaranteed here. https://www.wordnik.com/words/...

When did you try Linux? 20 years ago was 2006. Linux had been feature-complete for nearly a decade by then.

What the PJ CFO actually explained was, that with the proliferation of Door Dash, Grubhub, etc., pizza is no longer the strongest delivery option out there, so that has impacted sales. People can get a hamburger or a chicken sandwich with the same ease as pizza, so many people are choosing other items these days. Americans have been eating 3 billion pizzas a year. Some niche or overpriced chains might be affected, but don't let anyone convince you that pizza is in danger.

The Guardian, clearly the last bastion of truth journalistic integrity.